Crime Rates at Upper Orwell Street, Ipswich, IP4 1HP

Upper Orwell Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 156th highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Orwell Street (IP4 1HP) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 64.2% lower than the Alexandra average (247.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Orwell Street (IP4 1HP), the main crime hotspot is near Dogs Head Street. Police recorded 244 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.